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Ministers and pastors from about 30 different churches across Boynton Beach gathered in the City Hall parking lot Wednesday night to pray.

“We as clergy, we are here to pray for our city. We’ve been having some things going on, not anything specific but it’s just time for us to come together and pray, for the decision makers, for the city, for the hurting families, for the police department, the fire department,” said Rev. Rae Whitely. “So as clergy we’re just coming together as one to pray.”

Whitely said the group decided to host the prayer in the parking lot so it would be public.

“When the negativity comes, it’s done publicly so we want the prayer to be done publicly,” he said.

The prayer started at 6 p.m., before the 6:30 p.m. City Commission meeting, and included Commissioner Mack McCray, Former Mayor Woodrow Hay and former Community Redevelopment Agency board member Mark Karageorge. The ministers and pastors took time praying and then sang together.

“We have crime going on, we have things with the police department and the government. We have a lot of things going on,” Whitely said.